TCM Schedule for Tuesday, January 17: Stars Behind Bars
We've got an Errol Flynn festival going on during the day, but it's not the actor's birthday. Perhaps the idea is to fight oppressive regimes.
And may I just say we need 21st century Bowery Boys/Gals to protect journalists from Trump.
Tuesday, January 17th, 2017
12:00 AM
CRISIS (1963)
After years of segregation, the University of Alabama becomes the last U.S. college to open its doors to black students.
Dir: Robert Drew
BW-53 mins,
1:07 AM
CINDERELLA NAMED ELIZABETH, A (1965)
This promotional short film looks at how Elizabeth Hartman was chosen for the part of Selina in "A Patch of Blue" (1965).
BW-7 mins,
1:15 AM
ONE POTATO, TWO POTATO (1964)
A white divorcee's marriage to a black man could cost her custody of her daughter.
Dir: Larry Peerce Cast: Barbara Barrie , Bernie Hamilton , Richard Mulligan .
BW-92 mins,
3:00 AM
GUESS WHO'S COMING TO DINNER (1967)
An aging couple's liberal principles are tested when their daughter announces her engagement to a black doctor.
Dir: Stanley Kramer Cast: Spencer Tracy , Sidney Poitier , Katharine Hepburn .
C-108 mins, CC,
5:00 AM
AMERICAN IN SOPHIATOWN, AN (2007)
Interwoven with clips from the original film "Come Back Africa", independent filmmaker Lionel Rogosin tells the story of how he penetrated Sophiatown, Johannesburg during the iron rule of the apartheid regime.
Dir: Earl Lloyd Ross
BW-52 mins, CC,
6:00 AM
ADVENTURES OF DON JUAN (1948)
The legendary lover saves his queen from treason.
Dir: Vincent Sherman Cast: Errol Flynn , Viveca Lindfors , Robert Douglas .
C-111 mins, CC,
8:00 AM
CAPTAIN BLOOD (1935)
After being unjustly sentenced to prison, a doctor escapes and becomes a notorious pirate.
Dir: Michael Curtiz Cast: Errol Flynn , Olivia De Havilland , Lionel Atwill .
BW-119 mins, CC,
10:00 AM
KIM (1951)
Rudyard Kipling's classic tale of an orphaned boy who helps the British Army against Indian rebels.
Dir: Victor Saville Cast: Errol Flynn , Dean Stockwell , Paul Lukas .
C-113 mins, CC,
12:00 PM
NORTHERN PURSUIT (1943)
A Mountie tracks a downed Nazi flyer through the Canadian wilderness.
Dir: Raoul Walsh Cast: Errol Flynn , Julie Bishop , Helmut Dantine .
BW-93 mins, CC,
1:45 PM
PRINCE AND THE PAUPER, THE (1937)
Rousing adaptation of the Mark Twain tale of a 16th-century prince who trades places with a lookalike peasant.
Dir: William Keighley Cast: Errol Flynn , Claude Rains , Henry Stephenson .
BW-118 mins, CC,
3:45 PM
ADVENTURES OF ROBIN HOOD, THE (1938)
The bandit king of Sherwood Forest leads his Merry Men in a battle against the corrupt Prince John.
Dir: Michael Curtiz Cast: Errol Flynn , Olivia De Havilland , Basil Rathbone .
C-102 mins, CC,
5:30 PM
SEA HAWK, THE (1940)
A British buccaneer holds the Spanish fleet at bay with the covert approval of Elizabeth I.
Dir: Michael Curtiz Cast: Errol Flynn , Brenda Marshall , Claude Rains .
BW-128 mins, CC,
7:49 PM
ATHLETIQUIZ: WHAT'S YOUR I.Q.? NO. 12 (1947)
This short film quizzes the audience on facts involving tennis, wrestling, swimming, golf, and cycling.
BW-9 mins,
WHAT'S ON TONIGHT: STARS BEHIND BARS
8:00 PM
JAILHOUSE ROCK (1957)
After learning to play the guitar in prison, a young man becomes a rock 'n roll sensation.
Dir: Richard Thorpe Cast: Elvis Presley , Judy Tyler , Mickey Shaughnessy .
BW-97 mins, CC, Letterbox Format
9:45 PM
WEARY RIVER (1929)
A jailed criminal's life turns around when he fronts the prison band.
Dir: Frank Lloyd Cast: Richard Barthelmess , Betty Compson , Louis Natheaux .
BW-89 mins, CC,
11:30 PM
TWO-WAY STRETCH (1960)
A convict plots to commit the perfect crime while still behind bars.
Dir: Robert Day Cast: Peter Sellers , Wilfrid Hyde-White , David Lodge .
BW-87 mins,
1:15 AM
DOIN' TIME (1984)
An innocent man tries to survive hard time in a prison filled with con artists and eccentrics.
Dir: George Mendeluk Cast: Jeff Altman , Dey Young , Richard Mulligan .
C-79 mins, CC,
2:45 AM
JAIL BUSTERS (1955)
The Bowery Boys help a reporter who was beaten up during an undercover investigation at a local prison.
Dir: William Beaudine Cast: Leo Gorcey , Huntz Hall , Bernard Gorcey .
BW-61 mins, CC,
4:00 AM
PARDON US (1931)
Selling homemade beer lands a two friends in prison together.
Dir: James Parrott Cast: Walter Long , Boris Karloff , June Marlowe .
BW-70 mins,
5:15 AM
HOLD 'EM JAIL (1932)
Two salesmen sent to jail on trumped-up charges build a prison football team.
Dir: Norman Taurog Cast: Bert Wheeler , Robert Woolsey , Edna May Oliver .
BW-66 mins, CC,